Jordi Pons Prats

Associate professor
Campus Baix Llobregat (UPC), Edifici C3, Despatx 203
Esteve Terradas, 5
08860 Castelledefels

Telèfon: +34 934134189
E-Mail: jordi.pons-prats

upc.edu
Web personal: https://futur.upc.edu/JordiPonsPrats

My research interests are focused in development and application of optimization methods to engineering problems, with a special focus on aeronautical problems. In particular, shape optimization, robust optimization, air traffic flow management. New research topics include Urban air mobility, with vertiport design, operational safety, and airspace integration procedures; Flight Efficiency and flight data analytics.

Short CV

2020 - present: Lecturer at the Department of Physics, Aeronautics Division, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
2019 - 2020: Associate Part-time Lecture at the Department of Physics, Aeronautics Division, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
2011 - 2016: Assistant Research Professor at CIMNE.
2008 - present: Head of the Aerospace Engineering Group at CIMNE
2008 - 2011: Postdoctoral researcher at CIMNE.
2003 - 2011: PhD on Aerospace Science and Technology. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
1992 - 1999: Degree on Industrial Engineering (Major Mechanical Engineering), ETSEIB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

1- Assessing continuous descent operations using the Impact Monitor framework
Pons-Prats, J.; Prats, X.; De La Torre, D.; Soler, E.; Hoogers, P.; van Eenige, M.; Chatterjee, S.; Prakasha, P.; Ratei, P.; Alder, M.; Lefebvre, T.; van der Loo, S.; Peduzzi, E.
Engineering proceedings (Basel) 90, 1, article 108 (2025)

2- Assessing advanced propulsion systems using the impact monitor framework
Gupta, U.; Riaz, A.; Brenner, F.; Lefebvre, T.; Ratei, P.; Alder, M.; Prakasha, P.; Weber, L.; Pons-Prats, J.; Markatos, D.
Engineering proceedings (Basel) 90, 1, article 87 (2025)

3- Identification of potential Urban Air Mobility (UAM) safety hazards from helicopter accident data: methodology and preliminary results
Pons-Prats, J.; Kuljanin, J.; Netjasov, F.; Saenz de Tejada, J.
Promet 37, 1020-1039 (2025)

4- An overview on computer vision analysis in the airport applications
Talbi, A.; Abdellaoui, M.; Pons-Prats, J.; Kuljanin, J.
IEEE access , 1-1 (2025)

5- Editorial: Innovation in aviation and space for opening new horizons
Pantelakis, S.; Strohmayer, A.; Pons-Prats, J.
Aircraft engineering and aerospace technology 96, 1 (2024)

6- Development of a multi-fidelity optimisation strategy based on hybrid methods
Porta, A.; Gonzalez, S.; Pons-Prats, J.; Bugeda, G.
Structural and multidisciplinary optimization 67, article 163 (2024)

7- An enriched finite element/level-set model for two-phase electrohydrodynamic simulations
Narvaez, C.; Hashemi, M.; Ryzhakov, P.; Pons-Prats, J.
Physics of fluids 35, 1-14 (2023)

8- Enriched finite element approach for modeling discontinuous electric field in multi-material problems
Narvaez, C.; Hashemi, M.; Ryzhakov, P.; Pons-Prats, J.; Owen, H.
Finite elements in analysis and design 225, 104007 (2023)

9- Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft selection for ultra-short-haul routes: fuzzy AHP approach
Dozic, S.; Kuljanin, J.; Babic, D.; Kalic, M.; Pons-Prats, J.
Transportation research procedia 78, 1-4 (2023)

10- Report on the Iberia Pilot Center
Pons-Prats, J.; Oñate, E.; Rodriguez, I.; Meseguer, A.; Valero , E.; Ferrer, E.; Discetti, S.; Vázquez, L.; Jiménez, J.; Lehmkuhl , O.; Lopez, P.
Ercoftac bulletin , 10-52 (2023)

11- On the use of ensemble averaging techniques to accelerate the Uncertainty Quantification of CFD predictions in wind engineering
Tosi, R.; Núñez, M.; Pons-Prats, J.; Principe, J.; Rossi, R.
Journal of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics 228, 105105:1-105105:19 (2022)

12- A New Hybrid Optimization Method, Application to a Single Objective Active Flow Control Test Case
Coma, M.; Monshi Tousi, N.; Pons-Prats, J.; Bugeda, G.; Bergadà, J.M.
Applied sciences (Basel) 12, 3894/1-3894/13 (2022)

13- Active flow control optimisation on SD7003 airfoil at pre and post-stall angles of attack using synthetic jets
Monshi Tousi, N.; Coma, M.; Bergadà, J.M.; Pons-Prats, J.; Mellibovsky, F.; Bugeda, G.
Applied mathematical modelling 98, 435-464 (2021)

14- Determination of the operational parameters for the manufacturing of spherical PVP particles via electrospray
Narvaez, C.; Ryzhakov, P.; Pons-Prats, J.
Polymers 13, 529:1-529:21 (2021)